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Campbell wins 2009 AFA Adviser of the Year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... the joint award winners. The awards night capped off another stellar conference, with plenty of thought provoking and technical sessions for all attendees. But the AFA is far from resting on its laurels. Klipin said the association is ramping up its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... validated Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's pronouncement last week that the US recession was "likely over" from a technical standpoint. The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators increased 0.6 per cent in August, just shy of the ...

RetireInvest hires Strategy Steps

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
ING-backed RetireInvest has appointed financial planning strategy firm, Strategy Steps, as its outsourced technical experts. Strategy Steps will provide RetireInvest with technical updates, training and financial planning strategies. The firm is an ...

IOSCO to impose new rule on FoHFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... be satisfied and be in a position to explain why, the report said. These amended recommendations come after IOSCO's Technical Committee Standing Committee on Investment Management (TCSC5) proposed developing guidelines to promote transparency and protect ...

Planwealth selects Zenith for research

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... administration. Managing over $200 million in assets, Planwealth provides financial advice, administration, research, technical services, business support, compliance and support services. "Continued support from the IFA market reflects Zenith's capability ...

More info on super, please

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... could be done to explain super in plain English. "We still have some work to do to reduce the amount of super jargon and technical terminology we use - we promise to use plainer language and clearer explanations as much as we can from now on," noted ...

UniSuper appoints key advice execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... UniSuper from Australian Unity Personal Finance Services where he worked as head of operations and was responsible for technical, advisory and compliance support in the network. He has also worked as head of legal and compliance at Australian Unity and ...

MLC appoints head of platform sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... QSuper and CBA. McCouaig has experience in business development, platform sales, self managed superannuation as well as technical support, training and transition management. McCouaig started yesterday on Monday 31 August.

Paraplanners left out of planning reforms, for now

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... that may extend to the role of paraplanning. Paraplanners don't necessarily face clients, although they do provide very technical support, so it would depend on a number of things," he said. "It would be unfortunate to require paraplanners to meet with ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... housing and retail spending are improving in Australia. So much so that the likelihood that Australia will experience a "technical" recession is as much as Peter Costello becoming Premier - it could still happen but not this time, thank you. And in the ...